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Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has warned Iran on Tuesday against weaponising the Strait of Hormuz in order to intimidate its neighbours. Speaking alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Doha, Al Thani told the gathered press that “Iran should not use this strait as a weapon to pressure or to blackmail the Gulf countries.” “It’s an international water corridor that should be always protected and should be always safeguarded,” he said. “This current state of the strait and what’s happening over there should never be repeated.” Fidan further emphasised Al Thani’s message…
By Una Hajdari with AP Published on 12/05/2026 – 16:15 GMT+2 US consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week Iran war pushed energy costs higher. The US Department of Labour’s consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, according to data released on Tuesday. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March, with petrol up 5.4% during the month. The month-over-month gain was down from 0.9% increase from February to March. Petrol prices are up more than 28% compared with a year ago, according to US government data. The AAA motor club reported the average price of a…
The review aims “to make sure that we do have effective carbon pricing for the full share of EU emissions,” said Polona Gregorin, head of unit for transport at the Commission’s climate department. Speaking at a conference with aviation lobbyists, Gregorin warned that the ETS could be extended to “departing flights,” meaning all journeys from Europe, regardless of destination. According to Transport & Environment, if the ETS had applied to all departing flights last year, total revenues for the EU and its member countries could have reached €12.7 billion, roughly three times what was collected from the aviation sector in…
Canada is deepening alliances globally, including with the European Union, Anita Anand told Euronews, as part of a foreign policy focused on middle-power cooperation and reducing the country’s economic and security reliance on the US. “Over the last year, we’ve signed over 20 security, defence and economic agreements around the world, and we’re just getting started,” Anand said on Euronews’ interview programme 12 Minutes With during a visit to Brussels. She said these relationships are being built for the long term and are not simply a response to US President Donald Trump. “They [Canada’s relations with the EU] will stand…
As tensions in the Strait of Hormuz escalate, global shipping companies are scrambling to keep trade moving by redrawing global trade maps through costly workarounds. For many industries that have been built on predictability and freedom of navigation, the uncertainty hanging over supply chains has quickly become the world’s most disruptive maritime risk. The current crisis presents less of a temporary shock and more of a unique structural problem for container shipping firms like Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Company and Hapag-Lloyd. The cost of rerouting cargo Unlike disruptions caused by piracy in the Red Sea, where vessels could reroute via the…
The European Union will be tackling how to keep children safe from social media’s “addictive design” through new legislation, according to European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “Sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety, self-harm, addictive behaviour, cyberbullying, grooming, exploitation, suicide. Risks are multiplying fast,” she said in a speech in Copenhagen on Tuesday. “These risks are the reality of the digital world. And let me be very clear: they are not accidental. They are the result of business models that treat our children’s attention as a commodity,” she added. The upcoming Digital Fairness Act, set to be introduced later this…
While destinations like Barcelona, Venice, Dubrovnik and Mykonos will always be popular, if you’re travelling during the peak summer period, the most responsible thing you can do is head elsewhere. Not only will you be helping places that are battling overtourism, but you’ll also benefit from a lack of crowds wherever you choose to go instead. Luckily for you, Skyscanner has crunched the numbers and come up with eight top under-the-radar destinations in Europe based on those with the lowest search interest for this summer. From coolcations in Finland’s lesser-known cities to Greek island escapes outside of the main spots,…
The document advises avoiding “for now” voters ages 18 to 25, single parents and those with lower incomes, all of whom are deemed “more difficult to mobilize.” It also recommends not trying too hard to woo voters from poorer, multicultural suburbs surrounding major French cities with strong immigrant populations, who are likely to support hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. He announced his campaign earlier this month. Those internal findings risk reinforcing the image of Glucksmann, the romantic partner of one of France’s most famous journalists and the son of a prominent philosopher, as a member of high society who is out…
Last week, Austria expelled three Russian diplomats accused of using diplomatic cover for espionage activities in Vienna. Soon after, Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said that Austria was taking a tougher approach to spying activities, calling it a “security issue” for the country. “We have communicated this clearly and unequivocally to the Russian side, including regarding the ‘antenna forest’ at the Russian representation,” she said in a statement. “It is clear that it is unacceptable for diplomatic immunity to be used to conduct espionage.” What was she referring to? Researchers and journalists have warned that several Russian diplomatic buildings in Vienna…
Published on 12/05/2026 – 13:50 GMT+2•Updated 13:57 Tehran threatened on Tuesday that it could enrich uranium to weapons-grade 90% if the US resumes military strikes, as the ceasefire came under strain following US President Donald Trump’s rejection of Iran’s latest peace proposal as “completely unacceptable”. Ebrahim Rezaei, MP for Dashtestan and spokesperson for the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, posted the warning on X, saying the option would be discussed in parliament. Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf separately issued an ultimatum overnight on Tuesday, saying Washington had “no alternative” but to accept Tehran’s rights as set…